Human Resources committee  Right now, the proposal that is circulating is for the people who are close to being able to move into home ownership. For the people you are talking about, I think that a house, a safe home, allows people to get a job or to access other things in the community. It starts the pro

Human Resources committee  We are in a partnership with Home Ownership Alternatives, and they are developing a program like that with targets. I haven't seen it yet, but people would get assistance with their mortgage. Then, as their income goes up, the assistance goes down, and it translates into equity.

Human Resources committee  I don't think anyone in my organization has put a figure to that. As I said, I would start with the $11 billion. Whatever funds there are for us, the important thing is to state what you want, come up with the outcomes, and fund it on an ongoing basis so there are no surprises an

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. Yes, the money that's spent, which will expire, would not create a new unit, so there would have to be new money. And yes, on looking at CMHC, in our case we would suggest that.

Human Resources committee  Those are not our office's numbers. As I understand it, the number across Canada is closer to $33 billion, with $11 billion as Ontario's share. This is the money that is spent right now by the federal government under the social housing operating agreements that will expire gradu

Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  Yes, absolutely.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. My name is Diana Summers, and I am here on behalf of the Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association, which is also called ONPHA. ONPHA represents 760 non-profit housing providers in 220 communities across Ontario. ONPHA members operate more than 160,000 non-profit housi